next month we're looking forward to some great game expos taking place in Germany and Hong Kong. We'll have a new playable demo ready for both events! It's Gamescom and Retro.HK. While we mainly prepared the demo for press members, visitors of Retro.HK will get their chance to play it too. This is the first time to have the game playable in China and we can't wait to hear back from the audience there.

For the first time we're showing the beach starting section as a whole, uncut and with updated graphics details.

Showing a demo always gives us mixed feelings. On one hand we're super excited to see people playing our game, on the other hand we always know it's just a glimpse of the full experience and the game is so much more. The main problem with game expos is that press and players don't have the time to dig into all aspects of a game and need to get a quick impression so they can move on to the next game and publisher quickly. This time we made a slight change by keeping the beach section of the demo at full length just like you'll experience it in the final game. Another change is that we show a different section of the sewers that leads to the village. You'll see Monster Village for the first time properly and with the new graphics. We did cut out the Snake segment as it's still in progress of graphical updates but we kept the frog segment in the demo with new graphics, too. It's still a very short demo made specifically for the showfloor but a step forward to get a glimpse of the final game. We'll make sure to have a video of the demo up on YouTube so everyone can check it out.

Comments

dragovius on Monday, July 10. 2017:

Wow, you guys are working extremely hard on the new graphics and the rest of the polishing, It looks great, and the new beach picture gave me an immediate smile on my face. Thank you for the new update and i cant wait to see what the demo looks like. keep up the good work!

Spidey981 on Monday, July 10. 2017:

Ianuzzo on Tuesday, July 11. 2017:

Hello, i've been following this game for a while now and i must say this looks absolutely stunning! I've been gaming since the ' 80s and always loved the Wonder Boy franchise. I had alot of fun with the remake of Dragon's trap this year and i'm expecting tot have alot of fun with this game in the future. I don't care about call of duty or another FIFA. Monster Boy is the game i wanna play.

As an oldschool gamer i can tell you this game needs a physical release. At least explore the option, maybe Limited Run games??
Also i understand Vita support is probably nog going tot happen. That's ok, but in that's case please make sure the remote play feature via PS4 works so that we can play the game on Vita.

FDG,Thomas on Tuesday, July 11. 2017:

Thanks Ianuzzo, I'm glad you like the screenshots! Totally agree on the physical release - we need to make that happen. ^_^ We're confident to find a way but it's too early to confirm it. Please stay tuned!

FDG,Thomas on Wednesday, July 12. 2017:

Thank you Lindsey! We hope that Monster Boy is a success so we can actually continue the game as a series instead of remaking 1 and 2. We love the classic Wonder Boys but we would also love to keep making new games!

Siphon on Tuesday, July 11. 2017:

The new, detailed graphics for the beach scene are gorgeous! And it's really good to know that the area is bigger then what I've seen on youtube 1,000 times already; I can't wait to play the finished game!

FDG,Thomas on Wednesday, July 12. 2017:

ALFREDO on Wednesday, July 12. 2017:

DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME I REMEMBER THE FIRST BEACH SCREENSHOT AND TRAILER IN 2015 THIS NEW SCREENSHOT LOOKS AMAZING THIS COMFIRMS TO ME THAT YOU GUYS ARE EXTREMELY TALENTED DEVS AS A GAMER FOR OVER 30 YEARS I CANT TRUELLY SAY THIS GAME IS A WORK OF ART IF YOU GUYS ARE UPDATING THE GRAPHICS ON THE WHOLE GAME THEN TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED I WILL DEFINITELY BUY DAY ONE HOPEFULLY PHYSICAL COPY IF NOT THEN I WILL BUY DIGITAL INSTEAD CONGRADULATIONS ON WHAT I BELIEVE THAT MONSTERBOY IS GONNA BE A SUCESSFUL FRANCHISE.

FDG,Thomas on Wednesday, July 12. 2017:

Thanks a lot Alfredo! Always great to get such positive feedback about our ongoing production. We do it for people like you! When the game is out it will be big party for oldschool gamers. Looking forward to the day we can release the game and share the experience with everyone!

Ken on Wednesday, July 12. 2017:

Hi, please tell us/me your release date... dont want to wait any longer for that game. Is a playable Demo Version in the playstation shop possible...
dont let us wait ... we wont that game now.
Later there are too much releases... like Destiny, Uncharted and Call of Duty... Use now the time... there is no competitors now!
Regards Kenny

FDG,Thomas on Wednesday, July 12. 2017:

Hi Ken, thank you for sharing the excitement about Monster Boy with us! Unfortunately we currently don't plan to release a downloadable demo because our focus is on finishing the main game first. We are giving our best to finish it as fast as possible but also as great as possible Competitors will always be around so our only chance is to have one of the best games in the genre - a MUST HAVE. It will be worth the wait. cheers!

FDG,Thomas on Thursday, July 13. 2017:

Thank you Lori! When Jin gets transformed to a pig, he's still the same person from the inside. Nabu makes fun of the pig form by adding an eyepatch and certain dress that we know from Dragon's Trap but it's not the same character. On a sidenote: Purple would be a bad color choice for certain areas in the game and we need to keep in mind that players can transform at will at every spot. cheers!

Lori on Thursday, July 13. 2017:

Ah, then I guess it's a good thing it's not WB3 pig-man's spirit being used there (or anything else like that), I'd rather him be alive!
If there's purple backdrops or anything like that in the game then that color choice would definitely make sense too. Thanks for the clarification.

Logbomb on Thursday, July 20. 2017:

Fuzzy Drainage on Saturday, July 15. 2017:

Many thanks for the consistent updates! I have been following this production for some time and had the pleasure of previous communications with Mr. Nishizawa. I am greatly looking forward to the official release and plan on performing a full playthrough on ”The Farts and Craps Show“ (my YouTube gaming channel). Wonder Boy 3 was my favorite game for the Master System as a child, and it brings me great joy that this series is seeing a revival. Thank you, FDG Entertainment, and I warmly wish you the best of luck.